Sash for hotbeds and other purposes.



WQ S. BODLEY.

SASH FOR HOTBEDS AND OTHER PURPOSES.

APPLIOAT'IONIIILED JAN. 7, 1910.

1,079,631, Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

UNITED STATES. PATENT onr on.

,WILLIAM ,S. BODLEY, 0F. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR, T10 SUNLIGHTDOUBLE GLASS SASI'Iv COMPANY, INC.,

or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SASH FOR"HOTBEDS AND OTHER PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

-P atente.d Nov. 25, 1913.

Application filed January 7, 1910. .SeriaLNoz 536,882.

To all whom it may concern new and useful Improvements. in Sash forHotbeds and other Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

doors.

The object of. the present improvements is to make such glazingcompletely or substantially air and water tight, and at the same timeallow for the convenient and economical insertion of one or more panesas substitutes for those which may become broken.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood I have shown inthe accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practicalefiect, without limiting my improvements, in their useful ap plications,to the practical constructions which, for the sake of example, Ihaveilluse trated.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is a plan view of a hot bed sash embodying theinvention; Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a portion of the same, partlyin section. Fig. 3; is a similar viewuof a slightly modified form of theinvention. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing another slight modification.Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a further-,modi-f fication. Fig. 6 is asectional view showing the packing made with a bottom strip. Fig. 7 is aperspective view of the packing-holding spring employed intheconstruction shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is an inner face view of a portionof one of the muntins, showing the. arrangement of the panes, thepane-holding springs and the pane-stop.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the sash frame which, in the caseof a hot bed sash, will ordinarily comprise stiles 2, a muntin ormuntins 3, a top cross bar 1 and a bottom cross bar 5. These parts areframed together in any usual or approved manner and are formed on theirinner faces with grooves 6 to receive the edges of the glass panes 7,excepting that either the top bar or the bottom bar or rail 4: or 5, or

both, may be made narrower vertically so as to. be flush with the innersurface of the groove 6 of the st-ilesand muntins so as to permit of thelongitudinal insertion of the panes, as described in my Patents No.720,318,.and No. 909,361. The glass panes7 are inserted in the grooves 6so as to overlap one another, and are held from longitudinal j movementin an upward direction by stops My invention relates to improvements inglazed sash for hot beds, hot :house roofs' and skylights, and which mayalso be available for other glazed window sashes and 8 whichare or maybe of the character de scribed in my said. Patent No. 909,361. The panesare furthermore held against one another and against the lower or innersur- 1 faces of the grooves 6 by springs 9, as described in the lastmentioned patent, or by other. equivalent or suitable means.

Under many conditionsit is not necessary to make the sash completelywater tight or air tight, but in other conditions and some climates, andwhere the. sash is employed for skylights, windows, etc., an air andweather tight construction is desirable or necessary. Accordingly mypresent improve'ments are directedto this end, without incurring the olddifliculty insubstituting a new pane for one which may have been broken.This is accomplished by a packing, or a packing and putty combined, ashereinafter described.

.10 indicates a packing such as marline twine, cord, or compressiblecylinders empty or filled withsoftsubstances, such as soft putty, or.any other suitable packing material, either in short sections, or whichextend for the full length of the groove 6, and which. is preferably ofan oily character. This packing is applied iabove theedges of the panes7. within the grooves 6, androver or above the stops 8 and either beforeor behind the springs 9 or other fastening devicesof the panes. Thepacking may be formed with a bottom strip 11 which is inserted across orbeneath the outer edges of the pane. Outside of the packing 10 Iprefenably apply putty, as indicated at 12, which rests on the glasspanes and has some engagement with the frame at the point 18, but whichmainly or partly rests upon the packing 10.

The advantage of this construction and arrangement is that when a panebecomes broken and it is necessary to replace it the putty above thebroken pane may be easily removed withoutthe difiiculty and delay ofdigging it out of a deep groove or angle, the only point at which theputty requires to be detached or scraped 01? being along the them. Itwill be understood, however, that the improvements may be applied toframes having a single layer of panes.

In Figs 3 and 4 I have shown a sash frame in which the panes require tobe inserted longitudinally along the grooves 6, as. described in myvsaid patent. .7 In Fig. 2 the flange 14 of the frame at the outer sideof the groove 6 is shown as made shorter so that a pane may be insertedlaterally between two opposing flanges 14 and worked into place, withoutdisturbing theputty at the ends of the grooves.

In'Fig. 4 is illustrated a construction in which the panes have to beinserted longitudinally along the grooves 6, but this is made easy bythe omission of the putty and the employment of the packing 10 only, thepanes being held in place by the stops 8 and springs 9 and the pacln'ngbeing wedged between the edges of the panes and the inner parts of thegrooves.

In Fig. 5 a construction is shown in which the outer flange of thegroove 6 is dispensed with and the putty is applied over and around thepacking, the panes of glass being secured in place by means of points orcleats orother suitable means, the putty being kept away from'the angleof the frame so that it may be readily removed and repairs easily made.In this construction the packing is preferably kept in place, and alsothe panes 7, by metal springs 15 which are attached to the frame at 16,inclose the packing, bear on the top surface of the underlapped panes at17, and bear laterally against the lower edges of the overlapped panes,the over lapped panes being held down by the packing, which is in turnconfined by the springs 15. I further provide against leakage to theinterior of the hot bed or other inclosure by gutters 18 which areformed in the lower surface of the outermost groove 6. Any water whichmay leak past the edges of the panes is received in the gutters 18 andconducted to the lower end of the sash. The gutter 18 may be made of anyshape, width or depth desired, and may be placed anywhere on the bottomsurface of the groove. It may be made by adding a strip either of woodor metal to the wood-work on the said surface of the groove.

What I claim is:

1. In a sash for hot beds and other purposes, the combination of agrooved frame, panes of glass superposed so'as to lap on each other andfitted in the grooves of the frame, a packing in the grooves superposedupon the panes and beneath the lip of the groove without adhesion to theglass or to the frame, and means for holding the glass and packing inplace consisting of putty arranged outside of the packing and havingadhesion to the frame only upon the overhanging lip of the groove,substantially as set forth.

2. In a sash for hot beds and other purposes, the combination of aframe, a pane or panes of glass therein, a packing of an oily charactersuperposed upon the glass and against portions of the frame, and puttyapplied against the glass and over the packing, substantially as setforth.

3. In a sash for hot beds and other purposes, the combination of a frameformed with longitudinal grooves 6 and flanges 14 exterior to thegrooves, panes of glass fitted in the grooves, the panes being of awidth greater than the distance between opposing flanges 14, and apacking having a strip 11 fitted in the grooves above the panes with itssaid strip arranged at the edges of the panes and between the same andthe bottoms of grooves.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. BODLEY.

Witnesses:

M. E. HOLLIHAN, E. G. GORDON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

